Banana Poppy Seed Cake with Vanilla Bean Frosting

• Vegetarian

• Produce

  • 2 Bananas, ripe

• Refrigerated

  • 1 Egg, large

• Condiments

  • 1 squeeze Lemon juice, fresh

• Baking & Spices

  • 1/2 tsp Baking soda
  • 2 cups Confectioners' sugar
  • 1 cup Flour
  • 1/2 cup Poppy seeds
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 2/3 cup Sugar
  • 1 Vanilla bean, seeds from
  • 1 tbsp Vanilla extract

• Dairy

  • 4 tbsp Butter, unsalted
  • 3 oz Cream cheese
  • 1 Milk or cream
  • 1/2 cup Sour cream

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Directions

• Set oven to 350F
• Cream the butter, sugar and sour cream together. Beat in the egg, bananas and vanilla. (Make sure the bananas are completely mashed smooth first)
• Sift the flour, salt and baking soda into the wet mixture. Mix together just until thoroughly combined. Fold in the poppy seeds.
• Spread the batter into a greased 8x8 square baking pan. I lined mine parchment paper (or foil) so I could remove it easily for a neater presentation and cutting.
• Bake for about 25 minutes until a toothpick just comes out clean.
• Cool before frosting.
• To make the frosting--- mix everything together until you have a thick, creamy, spreadable consistency. Taste to adjust your lemon juice.
• Heap onto the completely cooled banana cake and swirl it around thickly.